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ship; boat; vessel

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Jōkyō era (1684.2.21-1688.9.30)

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prime of life; era of national prosperity

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Goryeo (dynasty of Korea; 918-1392 CE); Koryŏ; (arch.) Korea

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Tokugawa period (i.e. the Edo period, 1603-1867)

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Shōhō era (1644.12.16-1648.2.15); Shōho era

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Ming dynasty (of China; 1368-1644); Ming (serif typeface); Minchō

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; seichōtai; typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters

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imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era; patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation

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China

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home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

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Kan'en era (1748.7.12-1751.10.27)

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entry into port; arriving in harbor

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Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)

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one year

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to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

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foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic

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Laozi and Zhuangzi

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rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

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whetstone; grindstone

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(typically) Japanese

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to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

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national fortunes; destiny of a country

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circulation; rotation; cycle; loop

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Western books (esp. Dutch; in the Edo period)

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to translate; to interpret

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to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear

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to prosper; to flourish; to thrive

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rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period

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to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)

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translation into (classical) Chinese; translation into kanbun; kango translation; translation into Japanese using kanji

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astronomy

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geography

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mathematics

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medicine; medical science

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(science of) agriculture; agricultural science

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chemistry

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military science; strategy; tactics

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study of foreign languages; linguistics

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novel; original; new

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European (person)

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reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

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to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely

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wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good

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invention; intelligent; clever; smart

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new theory

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skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

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medicine; (pharmaceutical) drug; medical treatment; medical practice and dispensing of drugs

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make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

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